Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Twin Cities Area
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Church of the Holy Cross
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Visiting Golden Gate
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
District 48 School Near Delano
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Florence Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Dead Good Walks
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

